History WebComic / Subnormality

* BlessedAreTheCheesemakers: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page470.html Everything's better with CHEESE!]]

** [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page566.html This comic]] has a guy wearing a blue SeriousSam T-shirt (the scene with the bus stop).

** [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page472.html This strip]] claims that the ''The German Guns'' recitation [[Main/{{BlackAdder}} ("BOOM BOOM BOOM...") is copyrighted by a certain S. Baldrick, 1917]].

* {{Demonization}}: Apparently, MargaretThatcher is a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]] who is [[SincerityMode obsessed with nuclear weapons]]. RonaldReagan, on the other hand, prefers to express himself through [[VillainSong freestyle rap]]. The joke being that both were run through an "exaggeration engine" thus apparently explaining their grotesque forms and bizarre behavior... only to be revealed that said engine wasn't even turned on, which only somewhat destroys the point.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Characters with selfish and mean interiors have wrinked faces, snout noses, and/or pointed teeth. Characters meant to be bland and generic will look exactly that. Sympathetic characters, even those employed by hell, will either be beautiful or UglyCute. Curiously, this actually works well within the comic's style. The artist clearly enjoys drawing grotesque, insane things. One notable exception to this is the author self-insert comics, Rowntree seems to be happy to depict himself honestly. And, well, for the sake of politeness lets just say he's not exactly a super-model.

* AfraidOfBlood: Roundtree [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-responses-to-sexism-that-just-make-everything-worse declares]] that he "faints at even the ''description'' of blood."

* CuteMonsterGirl: Some of the demons in hell. Except when the find out the damned souls are liking it, then they turn frumpy just to screw with them. And the Sphynx, who looks awfully cute even as she thinks up new ways to devour humans.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Rowntree likes to fill the background with various signage and headline gags. As with ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'', these are often funnier than the main dialogue or situation of a given comic.

* GoingCommando: MsFanservice [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page487.html casually admits]] she lost her underwear while trying on a swimsuit and just decided to go without. "But is underwear even really necessary these days?... Maybe I'll just go ahead and 86 the panties in the future."

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: In-universe. The Pink Haired Girl states outright that she's okay with the Sphynx killing people as long as the Sphynx is nice to her personally.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[{{In-universe}} Pointed out]] in the AltText for the [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page410.html 43rd]] concerning the appearance of one of the characters:

** And the Sphynx, of all beings, [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page579.html is approached by a painter]] for this... [[spoiler: he used her for the "Mona Lisa", but tweaked her to be human]].

** And the Sphynx, of all beings, [[https://viruscomix.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/portrait/ is approached by a painter]] for this... [[spoiler: he used her for the "Mona Lisa", but tweaked her to be human]].

** This one plays the Trope straight, but what the guy's reasons [[NightmareFuel are far from normal.]]

* PlatonicProstitution: Played with in [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page473.html this strip]].

** [[spoiler: The is no bullet. The organizer keeps reusing the same five horrible people over and over, "accidentally" matching two contestants at interview number six who then bond over their shared experience and become new friends, running away together before meeting the so-called bullet.]]

* OneOfUs: Rownrtree said on Facebook that "i love that site", that site being this site.

** The filename[[note]]"youcantfightinhere.jpg"[[/note]] of [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page581.html this comic]], as well as Ethel's subconscious having a war room, a shirking president, a British captain and an ex-Nazi adviser, as well as the fact [[TalkingToHimself that they're all the same person]], are all allusions to ''[[Film/DrStrangelove Dr. Strangelove]]''.

* ShownTheirWork: Moscow Metro is [[http://viruscomix.com/page488.html portrayed]] rather accurately, with proper Russian words and even with an allusion to a cult Russian film. (Though only the country of residence, Canada, seems to be known about the author, not the country of origin... So, it might be not “work” at all.)
** ...or maybe he went on vacation there.
** One of the other comics on Virus Comix site is about a Russian comicbook artist who is working in secret on a 1000 page masterwork. It's "[[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Based On True Events]]", possibly signifying that this is Rowntree's actual history.
** In actual comments, Rowntree has stated that [[http://viruscomix.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/mini-golf-hell/#comment-28033 his mother is from Malmö]], [[http://viruscomix.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/730/#comment-28922 he is half-English]] and [[http://viruscomix.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/mini-golf-hell/#comment-27967 he grew up 45 minutes from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan]]. {{Jossed}}.

* VillainProtagonist: The Sphynx is likely the closest thing the strip has to a protagonist.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Some of the demons in hell. Except when the find out the damned souls are liking it, then they turn frumpy just to screw with them. And the Sphinx, who looks awfully cute even as she thinks up new ways to devour humans.

** [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page472.html This strip]] claims that the ''The German Guns'' recitation [[LiveActionTV/TheBlackAdder ("BOOM BOOM BOOM...") is copyrighted by a certain S. Baldrick, 1917]].

** The filename[[note]]"youcantfightinhere.jpg"[[/note]] of [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page581.html this comic]], as well as Ethel's subconscious having a war room, a shirking president, a British captain and an ex-Nazi adviser, are all allusions to ''[[Film/DrStrangelove Dr. Strangelove]]''.

** The filename[[note]]"youcantfightinhere.jpg"[[/note]] of [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page581.html this comic]], as well as Ethel's subconscious having both a war room and an ex-Nazi adviser, are all allusions to ''[[Film/DrStrangelove Dr. Strangelove]]''.